Tag a Tree.....

While blog hopping a couple of weeks since, I saw a post about a tag tree and I thought it could be great way to use the sticks I had collected for my Christmas display.

And when I walked in to team training last Saturday, with an armful of sticks, I think they wondered what on earth I had planned, but as you can see from the pictures, it becomes a lovely feature and would be great as focal point for lots of situations.......a wedding one would be lovely.....with blank tags for guests to leave good luck messages!

The main products used are totally gorgeous 'Stampin' Up!' silhouette stamps-'Forever Young' (Wood mounted 122570 £23.95/ Clear mounted 122572 £18.95) The new 'In Colour- 'Indigo Pool' and the lovely 'Basic Black' & 'Cherry Cobbler' Classic Stamp' pads.

The lovely doiley tags were cut on my SU 'Big Shot' Using the new 'Bigz- Perfect Pennants' Die (123126 £28.95)

This lovely tag shape came from the new die- Two Tags' (115954- £18.95), the swirl came from Baroque Motifs (113490 £28.95) and was decorated with some flowers, punched with the little flower from the 'Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack' (118309 £15.50) from some scraps of 'Indigo Pool' card stock and some SU Bling!The lovely cameo is stamped from the 'Forever Young' Stamp set & 'Indigo Pool' ink sponged around the edge, this is the second doiley shape on the 'Perfect Pennants Die'(.....I have yet to get round to the lovely bunting shapes on there!!)And this is the second tag, from the 'Two Tags Die', it even comes with a score line, so you can make a little tag, with a hidden area for a gift card or message ( this will be good for my future scrapbook pages!!) The foliage image stamp on these is just the top of the tree, from the 'Forever Young' Stamp set and the nifty 'Decorative Label Punch' trick, makes an appearance too!I also made some little birds, using our 'Bird Punch' and some scraps of the lovely 'Timeless Portrait' Designer series papers.I really love the little birds and think I may do some 'Christmassy' ones.I hope you like my 'Tag Tree' and I will be back over the next few days to show you some more delightful makes from this product range in the NEW- 'Ideas Book & Catalogue'

Thanks for looking

Sally-Jo xXx

It's all going on....!!!

I hope you got chance to look at the New 'Ideas book & catalogue' online yesterday?? If you would like one, in the 'Flesh' so to speak, then please do get in touch, they are £3.50, I can post them out (P&P £1) or you can collect from me, either at my launch event next Friday or at 'Creative Cafe' this Tuesday evening.

It's is not just a catalogue but also a fantastically glossy, idea packed book that puts the regular craft mags to shame, that's why we call it our 'Ideas Book & Catalogue'(and a little insider knowledge...to save time we shorten it to 'IB&C'!) There is even a guide available, as to what SU colours and products have been used, on every sample shown in it- fantastic for those days when the ideas and mojo wont kick in as desired! And I will included a hard copy of this to all who purchase a catalogue off me during October!

There are lots of new products......we have it all going on.....and don't worry the new stuff works fantastically with the products that have been carried over from the last 'IB&C' too! Here is a layout of my Heather, on the swing in the garden.........

This is a very simple layout that just uses 1 sheet of 12x12" textured 'Whisper White' card stock, with an old and a new stamp set, and a little bit of 'Basic Black' card stock too!

Any ideas which stamp sets I used???

Well the tiny frames,

perfect for little journalling blocks & .........

The child on the swing, came from the new set...

Forever Young-

W 122570 £23.95
C 122572 £18.95

And the lovely swirly ornate border, was created with a stamp from one of my favourite sets, that has been carried over from the previous 'IB&C'- Baroque Motifs 113490 £28.95......OOOOooo and some new 'In Colour' ink.....'Indigo Pool'.....more lovely than the retired 'Taken with Teal' from a couple of years ago!!! You can see that I blinged it up with our super sparkly SU bling too!And the delicate Lacy trim......well that has got to be the most wanted punch in country- 122362 Lace Ribbon Border £18.25, only available from us lovely SU demonstrators!!! And totally perfect for trimming up so many projects, and because it's a high Quality SU punch, its more than happy to punch our cars stock & papers!

I hope that by this point I have not given you an information overload?? But before I go, I will leave you with details of a fantastic new club, that I will be starting in November.......

A Virtual Hostess Club!

A virtual hostess club is an opportunity for you to build your collection of NEW Stampin' Up! product and spread the cost.

You earn hostess benefits without having to host a party or put in a large order.

The benefits are: £25.00 worth of FREE product to be spent as you wish in the catalogue.

So how does it work?

6 people get together and form a club which runs for 6 months (I'll advertise for those people you don't have to provide them yourself).

Each member agrees to place a minimum order of £25.00/month plus p&p.

This gives us the minimum qualifying order we need every month.

Each month a DIFFERENT member in the club is the hostess and collects all the free benefits associated with that month's total.

I randomly draw the names out of a hat to determine which month is your hostess month.

By the end of the 6 months all the members in the club will have had their turn to be the hostess

Each month a box of goodies will drop on your doorstep.

You'll receive a FREE copy of the catalogue

and any mini catalogues released throughout the club duration.

If you fancy taking part then email me:

sally-johoughton@hotmail.co.uk

NOW to secure your place. xXx